Research Staff
Dr. Vishwajeet Pattanaik
Designation: Specialist Scientist
Qualification:Ph.D. (Computer Science), Tallinn University of Technology
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Modelling driving behaviour of Indian drivers using heavy-vehicle simulator, Investigating the effect of real-time alerts on drivers’ response and their driving behaviour, Simultaneous optimization towards smooth traffic flow in urban environments, Video analytics using unmanned aerial vehicles for miscellaneous object detection applications, Detection and characterization of speed bumps/potholes using smartphones, A self-supervised, visual-analytical approach for automatic detection of cyclonic events in satellite observations.
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Data Science, Image Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Collective Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction
Dr. Anil NP Koushik
Designation: Research scientist
Qualification: Ph.D.
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.
Research Interest: Travel demand modelling, Activity-based modelling, Neural Networks, Machine learning.
Dr. Pruthvish Rajput
Designation:Research Associate-I
Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: ML-based Automotive Intrusion Detection and Prevention System
Research Interest: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Embedded Systems.
Dr. Aravinda Reddy PN
Designation:Research Associate-1
Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Modelling driving behaviour of Indian drivers using heavy-vehicle simulator, A self-supervised, visual-analytical approach for automatic detection of cyclonic events in satellite observations.
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Image Processing, Speech processing, Computer Vision, Biometrics.
Dr. Ashutosh Kumar
Designation: Research Associate
Qualification:PhD (Civil engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Bicycle simulator
Research Interest: Traffic Safety, Traffic Flow Theory, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Driver Behaviour, Statistical Modeling, Bayesian Data Analysis
Dr. Chetan Doddamani
Designation:Postdoctoral Research Associate III
Qualification: Ph.D, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.
Research Interest: Activity Travel Behavior, Built environment, Spatial Analysis, Choice/ Demand Modelling.
Dr. Madhuri Kashyap N R
Designation:Research Associate I
Qualification:Ph.D. (Transportation Engineering), IIT Tirupati
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Road Safety Education, Evaluation of Road Rules and Best Practices.
Research Interest: Traffic flow modeling and simulation, Transportation data analytics, Traffic safety and management, Driving behavior modeling, Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Ms. Nidhi Ahlawat
Designation: Research Associate
Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), IIT Guwahati
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of an Unsupervised Learning-based Model for Cyber-attack Detection in Power Grid.
Research Interest: Unsupervised Machine Learning, Incremental Learning, Anomaly Detection, Clustering.
Mr. Aditya Arvind
Designation: Project Scientist
Qualification: M Tech Syscon, IIT-B
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Data-Driven Driving Behaviour Analysis.
Research Interest: Big Data Analytics, Predictive Maintenance, Data Science, Computer Vision.
Mr. Dileepan K
Designation: Project Scientist - I
Qualification: Masters of Transportation Engineering and Management, NIT Trichy
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Integrated Corridor Management Dhaka North for World Bank, Road Safety Audits, Blackspot Rectifications, In Plant Traffic Layout & planning studies , Journey Risk Management , Crash Investigation ( Road Perspective) and Product Development.
Research Interest: ITS based technologies & Road Safety, Transportation Planning.
Mr. Sukanto Mette
Designation:Project Scientist
Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation System Engineering, IISc
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:City Scale Travel Demand Model Tool Development.
Research Interest: Routing Algorithms, Travel Demand Modelling, ITS, Applications of computer vision in traffic.
Mr. Rishab Rajesh Sharma
Designation: Predoctoral Research Fellow
Qualification: B.E. Computer Science and Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: 1. Gumbel Rao Quasi Monte Carlo based Bi-Modal Neural Architecture Search for Audio-Visual Deepfake Detection. 2. Examining the Effects of ADAS on Driving Behaviour Under Indian Driving Conditions.
Research Interest: Computer Vision, Self Supervised Learning, Contrastive Learning, Generative Modelling, Neural Architecture Search.
Mr. Mayesh Mohapatra
Designation: Project Associate
Qualification: B.Tech(Hons) in Computer Science, Bennett University
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Early Detection and Classification of Cyclonic Storms in the Indian subcontinent using Infrared Satellite imagery, Multiple Object Tracking and Crowd Counting in dense conditions through live drone feeds.
Research Interest: Computer Vision, 3D-Object Detection and Tracking, GANs, Monocular Object Detection, NeRFs.
Mr. Raheemudheen P R
Designation: Project Associate
Qualification: MCA
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Bicycle Simulator.
Research Interest: Computer Graphics, Generative AI.
Mr. Vaishak R
Designation: Project Associate
Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and Management, Reva University
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:Development of city-scale activity based models for Bengaluru
Research Interest: Development of multimodal transportation model for an urban city, travel behaviour survey, creation and estimation of geometric design of highway using OPENROADS and CIVIL 3D software, network augmentation using Q-GIS software.
Ms. Devika S
Designation:Project Associate II
Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation Engineering
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Traffic Microsimulation Modelling using VISSIM software
Research Interest: Traffic Engineering, Traffic Flow Modelling, ITS, Traffic Road Safety, Transportation Planning
Ms. Anushtha Tamrakar
Designation:Project Associate - I
Qualification: B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur [C.G.]
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of an Unsupervised Learning-based Model for Cyber-attack Detection in Power Grid.
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning, Computer Vision.
Ms. Bhumika S
Designation:Project Associate
Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and Management
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.
Research Interest: Travel demand modelling, Geometric design of highways, Traffic Engineering and Road Safety
Mr. Dabbu Mothsera
Designation:Project Associate -I
Qualification:B.Tech CSE
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:Public Transportation Network.
Research Interest: Web Development, AI/ML, Simulation, AR/VR
Mr. Sagar S Jirli
Designation: Project Associate
Qualification:M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and Management, B.M.S College of Engineering.
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.
Research Interest: Travel demand modelling, Transportation Planning,Traffic Engineering & Road safety, ITS.
Mr. Aritra Karmakar
Designation: Full Stack Developer
Qualification: B.E (ISE), VTU
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.
Research Interest: Software Solutions, Full Stack Development, Web Development, Emerging trends in JavaScript, Web3, Web Performance, Data Modelling.
Mr. Parikshit Singh Rathore
Designation: Junior Research Fellow
Qualification: B.Tech CSE
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Deep Learning-based Self-Supervised Approaches for Cluster Analysis.
Research Interest: Computer Vision, AI for Good.
Ms.Preethama R
Designation:Program Assistant
Qualification: MA Psychology (Integrated MBA), Dayalbagh Educational Institute
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Evaluation of Road Rules and Best Road Practices.
Research Interest: Behavioural psychology, Decision science, Socio-Cognitive Psychology.
Ms. Anshu Gagana V R
Designation:Project Assistant
Qualification: Bachelor in urban and regional planning
Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of city-scale activity based models for Bengaluru.
Research Interest: My research interest lies in urban and regional planning , transportation planning, physical and social infrastructure planning, environmental planning by using GIS tools like QGIS and ArcGIS.
I aim to understand spatial and temporal patterns in urban cities. My focus is on creating data-driven insights that can inform sustainable urban planning solutions, understanding the challenges in mobility and resource management for resilient city development.